North Carolina Newspapers

Volume XVII.—No. 29. Milk Situation In! Edenton Is Aired At Lions Club Meeting Dr. B. B. McGuire Prin cipal Speaker Mon day Night MUCH INTEREST Recent Action of Board Os Health Explained To Group Edenton’s milk situation was the j topic of discussion at the meeting of the Edenton Lions Club Monday night, when Dr. B. B. McGuire, health of ficer of the District Health Depart ment, was the principal speaker. There is a great deal of concern and complaint in Edenton since the Health District recently passed an ordinance which prohibits delivery of milk in Edenton which is not processed with in the district. Dr. McGuire explained the action taken by the Health District, pointing out that the action taken was appar ently predicated on the fact that Vir ginia does not allow North Carolina milk to be sold in Virginia. Producers in North Carolina retaliated by not allowing Virginia milk to be dis tributed in the district. Dr. McGuire was asked if Virginia’s action was based on the fact that North Carolina milk does not meet the Virginia requirements, to which the speaker said he did not know. During the meeting quite a few questions were asked Dr. McGuire rel ative to the action taken by the Health District. The speaker admitted that the milk brought into the district was up to and above standard, and also admitted that the situation was a headache for the District Board of Health. Dr. McGuire admitted that the milk situation is a serious problem and during his remarks advanced the idea of building a central milk processing plant to serve the entire area. He stated that he understood interest was mounting in building a plant in Ahos kie. During his remarks Dr. McGuire said he feels like challenging the Lions Club and other civic organizations to busy themselves in creating interest in establishing a central milk produc ing plant. He pointed out the fact that Tarboro was the first city in the world to pasterize milk under mu nicipality control. Dr. McGuire, who is secretary for the Health District, sensed the fact that Edentonians are not satisfied with the present milk arrangement, and called attention to another meet ing of the Board of Health, when an opportunity will be given to register complaints. Replica Os Liberty Bell In Raleigh North Carolina Is Far From Reaching E Bond Goal At a ceremony Friday afternoon, July 7, Governor W. Kerr Scott ac cepted in behalf of North Carolina the Liberty Bell replica which visited 74 cities and towns in the state for the current U. S. Savings Bonds Inde pendence Drive. The bell will tem porarily rest in the State Museum of Natural History and later will be moved to the Hall of History. ■Edenton was host to the bell on June 26 when it was viewed and rung by local men, women and children. I. M. Bailey of Raleigh, State Chair man of the U. S. Savings Bonds Ad- 1 visory Committee for North Carolina, 1 reports that North Carolina is far from reaching its $7,067,000 Series E Bond quota. He said unless an effort is made by all citizens the drive will surely fail. "In the light of the present world situation we cannot afford to fail,” he concluded. National Guardsmen Return From Camp Members of the Edenton Heavy 1 Mortar Company, North Carolina Unit of National Guard, returned home Sat- 1 urday from Fort Jackson, S. C., where they spent two weeks of extensive ; ’ training. The outfit, under the com- < mand of Captain William P. Jones, i came back with shooting honors. Six- < ty per cent of the men scored as i marksmen or higher with their various . weapons. THE CHOWAN HERALD Town CouncHmen Adopt New Budgets ■ —■ i Little Change Made at' Called Meeting Tues day Night Town Councilmen met in a called { I session Tuesday night in order to of ficially adopt the 1950-61 budget, which has been open for inspection in the town office the legal length of time. No complaints were registered, sc that the budget was adopted. Very little change was made in the budget as previously worked out by the finance committee composd of A. B. Harless and J. Clarence Leary. One ■ item, however, $2,500 for street pav ing in Albemarle Court was overlook ed when the budget was prepared. This item was taken care by a credit of $1,392 for the Health Department and $l,lOB to come from the Street Department’s budget. The $1,392 for the Health Depart ment was included in the budget, but later the County Commissioners agreed to include in their budget an appropriation to take care of the en tire Health Department requirements. It was felt that by including an ap propriation in the town budget, tax payers in Edenton were doubly taxed for the health program. VFW To Entertain On Saturday Nights String Band” Will Pro vide Music For First Entertainment It was announced by the local VFW Post Tuesday night that a string band will entertain VFW members and their guests Saturday night at the club at 8:00 o’clock. All members are urged by the en tertainment committee to come up and have fun with their comrades. Each one is asked to bring a guest and have a full house to welcome the musicians v/ho are good enough to give their time for this entertainment. There will be a program of enter tainment every Saturday night in the future. All members are invited to bring guests. “Bring your wife or sweetheart or bring a friend, or the whole family. Come up for a Satur day night of good clean fun,” is the invitation of Post officials. Calvin Mills Enters U. S. Naval Academy Recently admitted as a midshipman ’ to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., was Snowden Calvin Mills, Jr., of Edenton, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Mills, who will be under instruction for the next four years in preparation for a career as a Naval . officer. Naval education for the new mid- J shipmen begins the moment they are sworn in as students at the Academy. They are indoctrinated into Naval life, ' issued clothing and lodgings, and giv en thorough physical examinations i and mental tests to determine their i exact qualifications. As “Plebes”, the Academy’* term i for new students, they will spend the ’ remainder of the summer participating ! in a wide variety of drills and aca- < demic classes and periods of orienta- 1 tion and indoctrination and receive 1 pre-requisite courses ultimately lead- : ing to a degree in Engineering. 1 ] Fisheries Meeting ] In Morehead City i i C. W. Hayman, local fish commis- 1 sioner, has announced for the benefit 1 of local fishermen a meeting of the 3 Division of Commercial Fisheries of 1 the Board of Conservation and De- 1 velopment to be held in Morehead 1 City on July 25-27. 1 Hayman said that the most import- i ant day’s meeting as far a* local fish- c ennan are concerned will be the first 1 day, July 25. At that time, fisher- 1 crmen can air their grievances and l submit requests before the board. The l July 25 meeting will be primarily in 1 the interest of commercial fishermen, e Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 20,1950. House Committee Votes Compromise For Peanut Acreage Measure Passes After Long and Heated Fight A compromise amendment favor ing Virginia-type peanut producing areas passed the House Agriculture Committee late last week. It gives the Secretary of Agricul ture authority to increase acreage to as high as the 1941 allotments in areas producing types of peanuts ex pected to be in short supply. At the same time the farmers will be permitted to raise peanuts for oil purposes above their allotments pro vided the total acreage does not ex ceed the 1947 acreage. Should there be a short supply of a particular type of peanut grown for oil, the nuts can be diverted into the edible trade at the edible trade price. The amendments were tacked onto the Agriculture Committee’s cotton bill following a long and heated fight by Congressmen from North Carolina and Virginia. The fight was led by Congressman Herbert C. Bonner and Harold Cooley of North Carolina and Congressman Watkins Abbitt and Porter Hardy of Virginia. These are the congressmen representing the Virginia-type peanut producing areas which will benefit by the amendment should the bill pass. Congressman Bonner pointed out tonight that under the amendments, North Carolina peanut growers will probably be permitted to plant some 225,700 acres of peanuts in 1951 thirty or forty thousand acres more than the original 1951 allotment calls for. At the same time, under the oil peanut amendment, Tar Heel growers will be able to increase this to some thing like 251,000 acres, the 1947 allotment. The amendments were compromise n.easures agreed to by the North Carolina and Virginia Representatives after they were balked in their ef forts to institute a program whereby peanuts would be allocated by types according to demand. Such a program would have given increased acreage to Virginia-type growers who have been unable to meet the great demand for their product in recent years. But it met with op position from over-producing Spanish and Runner-type areas which would have suffered acreage reductions un-| der the plan. R. E. Aiken Speaker At Rotary Meeting’ R. E. Aiken, Jr., local certified pub lic accountant, was the principal speaker at the Rotary Club Thursday afternoon. Mr. Aiken presented some timely and pertinent facts regarding the revenue act, pointing out a number of phases of income reports which affect local taxpayers. 1 LOOKING BACK - Following is an article which should be of interest to Herald readers. It was written by J. H. McMullan in January, 1908, at the request of the Raleigh News and Observer and ap peared in that newspaper January 3, 1908: Your recent communication asking that I give a brief statement of Eden ton’s industrial progress was duly re ceived. Had this communication been addressed to an Edentonian fifteen years ago you would have received ah evasive answer. The party addressed would have given you a proud answer, but it would not have referred to in dustrial matters. He would rather have reminded you of the fact that three centuries clasp hands at this ancient capital of North Carolina; he would have told you of the beautiful Edenton Bay, which has been com pared to that of Naples, of Edenton’s beautiful streets and commons, of 'St. Paul’s church, the court house, the Cupola house and other places of his toric interest erected before the Revo lutionary War, of the Edenton Tea Party, and of those Edentonians buried here who have contributed much to the making of Colonial and Revo lutionary, and subsequent history. But had you persisted in asking for information relative to Edenton’s in dustrial development, you would at last have gained the admission that there were no factories, banks, or mu nicipal improvements in this sedate, refined old town. You would have been informed, however, that this state of affairs was not due to the Albemarle League Officials Decide To Continue Playing Weather and Poor At tendance Play Havoc With Finances Despite continuous rain for more than a week and the precarious finan cial condition as a result, directors of the Albemarle League have decided to continue in the hope that more favor able weather and better patronage on the part of the fans will enable the league to continue until the end of the season. This decision was reached at a meet ing held in Plymouth Wednesday of last week, which was attended by rep resentatives of the Plymouth, Wind sor, Colerain and Edenton clubs. It was also the sense of the meeting to play every rained out game possible ’ until the closing date and quit the league games so that the play-offs can start August 19. It was decided to hire seven non-resident players and three high school players, with the roster to stand at 15. W. Jim Daniels, president of the Colonials, appeals for more patronage at the games, pointing out that of ficals. are making considerable sacri fice to the end that baseball will be provided for the town. Ottis Holmes, Jr., Killed By Auto Accident Near Edenton Peanut Co. Thursday Afternoon Ottis Holmes, Jr., 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Holmes, was in stantly killed about 5 o’clock Thurs day afternoon when he was run over by a car driven by William Ed White, Negro. The accident occurred when the boy and a few friends were playing on a pile of peanut hulls at the Edenton j Peanut .'Company and suddenly ran in to the street in the path of the on coming car. Police arrested White on a charge of manslaughter but was released under SSOO bond. Funeral services were held Satur • |day afternoon at 4 o’clock in the First Christian Church with the pastor, the Rev. E. C. Alexander, officiating. In terment was made in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Surviving are the parents; three sisters, Peggy Ann, Mary Elizabeth and Billy Lou, and his grandmother, ! Mrs. Pearl Van Horn. MASONS MEE TONIGHT LTnanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & • A. M., will hold its regular meeting i tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Court House. —'■ ——in T I > poverty of the people here, but rather t to a lack of enterprise. You would t have been informed that the spirit of > the Old South still lingered with us ■ —that we possessed every natural a&- , vantage for industrial advancement, but just didn’t have the spirit. Your question is addressed to the present and not to the past, and I am • happy to say it is no longer necessary ito give an evasive answer. Edenton i of today is very different from Eden- , i ton of yesterday. While the past is I venerated and not forgotten, and while , all of our historic edifices are care fully preserved, still we have come to ' realize that in addition to “yesterday" there is a today and will be a tomor row. We have been infused with the spirit of the New South, and have be- , stirred ourselves to do our part in the industrial development of the New Souht. Our past but lent, dig nity and tone to our progressive pres ent and promising future. Where formerly we only made the first profit out of our unbounded natural re- , sources, we are now making the sec ond, third and fourth profit which , formerly went to the more farsighted , Yankee. As a result of this Indus trial development the town of Eden ton now has two large and flourishing banks, one of $50,000 capital stoclc, and the other $25,000. There are three great industries here and by manufacture the best is being made of each of ’ them, viz.: agriculture, fishing and the lumber business. Formerly our farmers faised the cot (Gmtinued on Page Ten) Edenton Tea Party Chapter, DAR, Plans Guide For Tourists Mrs. Ballenger Wil| Present Lecture At Meeting Os Rotary Former Edentonian Will Deliver Lecture on Guam Featuring the meeting of the Eden ton, Rotary Club today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the Parish House will be Mrs. Dorothy Ballenger, who will give a lecture on Guam. Mrs. Ballenger has spent two years on the island, where her husband is now serving a j tour on duty with the U. S. Navy. To- J night she will also present her lecture | at the meeting of the Edenton Busi -1 ness and Profession Women’ Club. Mrs. Ballenger, before returning to her husband, who has been trans ferred to Honolulu, will deliver lec tures in North Carolina and Virginia. , Every Rotarian is especially urged to attend the meeting today. Ernest Gentile New i Director Os Band Comes to Edenton From Norfolk With Wealth Os Experience , The Edenton High School Band As sociation is very happy to announce that Ernest Gentile has accepted the ’ position as band director and has been working with the band since the ’ first of July. Mr. Gentile comes directly from the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra and the 1 directorship of several of the Norfolk 1 ! High School bands. He has also play ed in a number of name bands, hav ing been a member of the New York Philharmonic, Dr. Leopold Stokowskis J Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Walter Damrosch Symphony Orchestra, and Victor Herbert’s Symphony Orchestra. He toured Europe with John P. Sousa’s I ' Band and has had a wealth of ex perience in Hollywood as a member] j of bands playing background music foi some of the large movie producers. Mr. Gentile hopes to get the Eden ! ton High School Band in shape for marching as well as concert work in ’ the very near future and is particu larly interested in recruiting children nine years of age and older for in structions for a junior band and wish ' es to call the attention of parents to ’ the fact that scholarships are offered 1 by colleges to pupils showing aptitude for band work. The new director urges all members of the band to attend rehearsals. Brenda Dean Mooney At Brickhouse Camp Brenda Dean Mooney, daughter of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mooney, is now at Brickhouse Ca.np, West Point, Va., 1 where she is studying music and danc ing. She will remain two weeks, dur ing which time, she is scheduled to piesent a dance at the showing of i "Common Glory” at Williamsburg. | Mr. and Mrs. Mooney accompanied their daughter to Brickhouse Camp rnd then spent the week-end at Oc coquan, Va., visiting Mr. Mooney’s brother, H. L. Mooney. Roger Haskett Owner Mitchener & (Leary Store Roger Haskett, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Haskett, who was recently dis charged from the U. S. Army, has purchased the Mitchener & Leary Drug Store at the comer of Queen and Oakum streets. Mr. Haskett took over the operation of the store Wed nesday morning of this week. The name of the store has been changed to Haskett’s Sundry Shop. Mr. Haskett says fie will add new merchandise and will improve the service, especially extending an invi tation to ladies to patronize the store. Lt. Wm. B. Shepard Now Naval Instructor Lieutenant (junior grade) William B. Shepard, Jr., USN, of Edenton, re ported aboard the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas on July 12 for, duty in Advanced Training Unit| Twelve as istructor. Schedule Is Arranged For Every Day In The Week CAR Group of Ladies Agree To Serve In Capacity Os Guides The Edenton Tea Party Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu tion, this week announces a tourist guide service for visitors to Edenton. Arrangements have been made to ■ point out Edenton’s historical points , to visitors every day including Sun ■ days from 9 o’clock in the morning to 12 o’clock arid from 2 to 5 o’clock . in the afternoon. A charge of SI.OO will be made per car. i The schedule and who to phone for • this service is as follows: Sunday morning—105 Granville St., I phone 80. Sunday afternoon —112 West Gale I Street, phone 13f>-J. Monday morning—lo7 North Gran- Iviile Street, phone 136-W. Monday afternoon—lll West Gale I! Street, phone 65-J. Tuesday morning—207 North Gran- Iville street, phone 202. Tuesday afternoon—lo 4 West Albe r i marie Street, phone 105-W. Wednesday morning—301 North Broad Street, phone 392. Wednesday afternoon—47 Court Street, phone 279-W. Thursday morning—206 West Eden * 1 street, phone 637. > Thursday afternoon—loo South s Granville Street, phone 52. , Friday morning—208 Mosely Street, phone 627. . Saturday morning—los North Broad ■ Street, phone 206. Saturday afternoon—los North . Granville Street, phone 80. If no response is made at any of : the above phones, arrangements for a i tour can be arranged by calling 106-J, ■ 242, 285, 255-J or 88. I ' Hospital Affairs Topic Os Meeting ' Duke Endowment Rep resentative In Eden ton Tuesday Night i A goodly number of people, in | eluding trustees of the Chowan Hos , pital, town and county officials, doc tors and members of the hospital staff i met in the Court House Tuesday night to hear an address by James Felts, field representative for the Duke En dowment. Mr. Felts presented some very in- I teresting facts relative to hospital ad • ministration and after his address a number of those who attended asked questions pertinent to the Chowan Hospital. Mr. Felts distributed a list of hos pital statistics covering the period .from 1940 to 1949 which showed marked increases in practically every {phase of hospital operation. He es- I pecially pointed out the fact that nurs ing costs have jumped 279.3 per cent in 1949 since 1940. Mr. Felts in comparing average figures for hospitals stated that while Chowan Hospital showed a higher cost per day, it also had a higher pay per day. The speaker was very compliment ary about the new Chowan Hospital and said that when it is put in use the operation costs should be some what lower. It should, he said, be cause of the up-to-date facilities, re duce the ratio of employees per pat ient. He also pointed out that with the hospital in town it should be used by more people in that it is more de sirable and convenient for doctors to enter patients. Mr. Felts complimented Miss Fran ces Tillett, manager of the hospital, for the outstanding job she has done in the face of many handicaps. A hospital, said Mr. Felts, is a three ’ way proposition in which the trustees, staff members and public officials have an important role. He pointed ” ,'out the specific duties of each group iand stressed the fact that teamwork Bis an essential factor in the successful -operation of a hospital.